I found out tonight. I found out tonight that you are real. You have a life that is outside my fantasies. You are whole and flesh and feelings and hopes. You were not created to make me feel good. You are real. It was so selfish of me to hold you there, molding you into something you cannot be. I trapped you and kept watch over you and guarded you and held you so tight. But that’s not the truth. That’s not who you are. You exist outside of me. There is a whole world going on for you that I ne...

I love you, but I love him too, you know? No, I don’t know. I can’t imagine. I love you, you’re the love of my life and I want to spend the rest of my life with you. You alone. No one else. No one else. I love you and our life. Its safe. I am safe. She is safe. And I will always be. You will always keep me safe and sound and sheltered and protected and good and fine and that way. But he is new. Fresh and lovely and handsome and wonderful and strong and beautiful and artistic and happy and fun...

In Japan we were in the clouds all the time. So we couldn’t see anything and certainly didn’t get any visual clues as to how the war was going. The Japs told us that if the US invaded Japan we would all be executed. We heard about that late in the war when we heard the Americans were making some advances. They obviously hadn’t reached Japan yet, but we suspected the news was true because the guards were becoming increasingly nasty and nervous. They had never even mentioned the possibility of ...

In Japan we were in the clouds all the time. So we couldn’t see anything and certainly didn’t get any visual clues as to how the war was going. The Japs told us that if the US invaded Japan we would all be executed. We heard about that late in the war when we heard the Americans were making some advances. They obviously hadn’t reached Japan yet, but we suspected the news was true because the guards were becoming increasingly nasty and nervous. They had never even mentioned the possibility of ...

Our minds decided to pack up and leave our heads one by one. And when your brain leaves, you can be Mr. Mellow or you can be one ornery son of a bitch. Often our moods changed without any provocation. A lot of times I was so low on food and water that everything moved a little more slowly, took a little more effort to get done. I couldn’t move too fast because I might fall down, fall backwards, fall over, fall forward. It took me a long time to say anything too. I forgot words, I forgot how t...

There was nothing. Then he whispered in her ear. Then he was dead. She backed away, slowly. Tears erupted in her eyes, an involuntary reaction. She blinked them away as it became all too real. Out and gone and flatline………………………………………………………………… nononononononononono She ran out, away, gone. The apartment was messy. The kitchen had dishes piled in the sink and milk rotting on the counter, unopened, ever. The dining/living room was bare, one lamp was turned on. The bathroom and bedroom were lit u...